Arpit Agrawal of Faridabad hailed as IIT JEE Topper 2012

Arpit Agrawal of Faridabad has topped the prestigious IIT Joint Entrance Examination 2012. HE scored 385 out of a total of 401.

The results of IIT JEE, which was held April 8, were announced on the official JEE website Friday morning at 6 a.m.

“Arpit Agrawal from Faridabad’s Modern Vidya Niketan school, who appeared in the exams from IIT Delhi zone has topped the prestigious exam this year,” G.B. Reddy, JEE chairman, told reporters here.

“Of the total candidates, 24,112 have secured ranks in various categories and 19,426 have been shortlisted for counseling for admission to 9,647 seats in the IITs and other institutes,” JEE Chairman G D Reddy said.

Agrawal was exuberant about the result and gave the credit for his success to the school.

“I have no words to express my feelings at this hour of success but I am sure this would not have been possible without the guidance and inspiration of my revered teachers at MVN who continuously encouraged me and mentored me to this successful position,” Agrawal said.

Earlier in 2009, another MVN student, Nitin Jain, was the IIT-JEE topper and the MVN principal said that Agrawal, a National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scholar and a Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) scholarship winner, was in the same vein.

“Earlier Nitin Jain and now Arpit has done us all proud and has once again put Faridabad on the education map of India. Both of them are an inspiration for others and we wish them all the success for a stellar future,” MVN president Varun Sharma said.

A total of 4,79,651 students appeared for the IIT-JEE 2012 which were held at 1,067 centres across the country.

For the first time this year, the scanned images of the answer script were shown to the candidates between May 8 and May 10 to help them submit online revision requests.

This year, of the total 1,50,431 girls appeared in IIT-JEE, 2,886 have secured ranks and the first 1,908 have been shortlisted for counseling.

Apart from the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad accept JEE scores for admission.